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Jack Reacher linked up with a former U.S. president in the City of Brotherly Love. Joe Biden accidentally crashed the set of Reacher on his way to breakfast Monday in Philadelphia, inadvertently strolling onto the premises as crew members filmed a police chase scene for the fourth season of the Prime Video thriller. A bystander told CBS Philadelphia he was watching the crew shoot the scene when black SUVs pulled up. "Out walked these men that I thought were actors, but then the entire cast and crew started clapping and cheering," the bystander said. "Then someone said, 'We love you,...

20 June 2025 Friday of week 11 in Ordinary TimeChurch St. Silverio, Ponza, Pontinian islands, Campania, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First reading2 Corinthians 11:18,21-30If I am to boast, let me boast of my own feeblenessSo many others have been boasting of their worldly achievements, that I will boast myself. But if anyone wants some brazen speaking – I am still talking as a fool – then I can be as brazen as any of them, and about the same things. Hebrews, are they? So am I. Israelites? So am I. Descendants of Abraham? So am I. The...

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has ruled that several key pieces of the massive bill to implement President Trump’s agenda run afoul of the Byrd Rule and must be taken out of the package to allow it to pass with a simple majority vote on a special procedural fast track. The parliamentarian ruled against several provisions under the jurisdictions of the Senate committees on Banking, Environment and Public Works, and Armed Services. These included a provision that would have placed a funding cap on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which would have cut $6.4 billion from the agency by reducing...

The Iranian government put its key nuclear facility about 300 feet below ground at Fordow. A quick look at the area with Google Earth shows that it’s a mountainous area, and all that rock over the enrichment facility would seem to be pretty good protection. But just like a police officer wearing body armor, the appearance of invulnerability is deceiving. The United States put NORAD’s facility about 2,000 feet below the top of Cheyenne Mountain for the same reason. The granite overhead offers great protection from attack, with Cheyenne Mountain designed to withstand a 30-megaton nuclear blast from 1.2 miles...

The Senate version of legislation to enact President Trump’s agenda is hitting new turbulence as conservatives led by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) are demanding deeper spending cuts to address the nation’s $2.2 trillion annual deficit. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has focused this week on addressing the concerns of Senate GOP colleagues such as Sens. Josh Hawley (Mo.) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), who raised alarms about cuts to federal Medicaid spending. But Thune has to worry about his right flank as Johnson and his allies are threatening to hold up the bill...

On the 10th anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges (federally mandating “marriage equality”), it’s proper to ask whether same-sex marriage is a good idea. One reason to think that it’s not is the existence of an epistemic oddity, an oddity which strongly undermines any argument for same-sex marriage (hereafter “SSM”). The oddity in question is characterized by what may be called an "underdetermination asymmetry."Start with the following very simple observation.There are two ultimate positions in the SSM debate, and only two. On the one hand, there’s love or care as the basis of marriage, as in the view of SSM’s supporters....

Germany, together with its European partners, is open to further discussions with Iran if there is a serious willingness from Tehran to provide assurances on its nuclear and missile programs, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul says. -snip- “This requires Iran’s serious willingness to renounce any enrichment of nuclear material, which could lead to nuclear weaponization. This also requires that the missile program can be included. If this serious willingness exists, then the consequence on our part will also be that we are prepared to hold further talks,” he adds.

VIDEOOf course Tucker Carlson would have to laugh at this impression of him. It would be impossible for anyone not to burst out laughing at this dead on impression that so perfectly captures the Tucker Carlson essence.

June 19 (UPI) -- Animal rescuers were called to a Buffalo Wild Wings eatery in Iowa to wrangle an unusual visitor: a live chicken. The Animal Rescue League of Iowa shared a photo on social media showing a chicken at the front door of the Buffalo Wild Wings on Southeast 14th in Des Moines

Daily Readings from the USCCB“The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is sound, your whole body will be filled with light; but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be in darkness. And if the light in you is darkness, how great will the darkness be.” Matthew 6:22–23Every Scripture passage, in a spiritual sense, can teach us many lessons. Saint Thomas Aquinas, in his commentary on Matthew’s Gospel, offers one interpretation to the passage quoted above by saying that the “eye” in this passage refers to your intention and “your whole body” refers to...

A rare summer “winter” storm is forecast to hit parts of Montana this weekend, with up to two feet of snow set to fall in parts. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued another winter storm watch for parts of north-west Montana from Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning. Up to 24 inches feet of snow are now expected to fall on elevations above 6,000 feet, and up to 6 inches below. The NWS had previously said the storm was expected to produce up to 12 inches of snowfall above 6,000 feet and as much as 4 inches in valley areas....

An illegal immigrant has been jailed after authorities said a U.S. attorney for New York state was threatened. Saul Morales-Garcia, 40, was arrested by the Albany County Sheriff’s Office after an incident involving John Sarcone, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, according to WNYT. Sheriff Craig Apple said Morales-Garcia is in the U.S. illegally. He faces charges of second-degree attempted murder, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and second-degree menacing. Sarcone said that the suspect made gestures at him of cutting a person’s throat. At his arraignment, prosecutors said Morales-Garcia put a knife in Sarcone’s face....

From Tuesday.............. 441,137 views Jun 18, 2025 #foxnews #immigration #us The ‘Fox & Friends’ co-hosts discuss the return of alleged Tren de Aragua gang members to Aurora, Colorado, and growing fears among residents. #foxnews #news #us #immigration #crime

What the heck is wrong with Michelle Obama? It’s a serious question. Why does anyone like this woman? Her pattern of cruelty and narcissism should shock even her most devoted admirers. During a recent podcast appearance, she casually announced she was "so glad" she never had a son because "he would've been a Barack Obama." Let that sink in for a moment. This woman just publicly declared that having a child who resembled her husband would be something to celebrate avoiding. Now, don’t get me wrong — she’s right. Her husband is horrible, too. But she is his wife… allegedly....

GENEVA (AP) – Iran´s foreign minister arrived Friday for talks with top European diplomats in Geneva about the crisis that centers on concerns about his country´s nuclear program, a week after the long-simmering dispute erupted into war between Israel and Iran. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived at a hotel in the Swiss city for a meeting with his counterparts from France, Germany and the U.K. and the European Union´s foreign policy chief. It is the first face-to-face meeting between Western and Iranian officials since the start of the conflict.

The war with Iran proves once again the importance for Israel to have an American strategic bomber as part of the Israeli Air Force's aircraft arsenal. B-52 Stratofortress Strategic Bomber The war with Iran proves once again the importance for Israel to have an American strategic bomber as part of the Israeli Air Force's aircraft arsenal. Twice, in 2013, during my tenure as Ambassador in Washington, and later, as a Member of Knesset in 2018, I asked the United States to sell us a strategic bomber. I understood that the U.S. would not be willing to sell us one of...

Police were called to break up a protest after drivers in pickup trucks and cars took over an intersection in Los Angeles’ Pacoima neighborhood Thursday night. A crowd of about 150 demonstrators marched with flags and carried signs near the intersection of Van Nuys and Laurel Canyon boulevards. The large group was calling for an end to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ deportation operations in Southern California.

Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of instant messaging app Telegram, plans to leave his fortune to the more than 100 children he has fathered. The Russian-born tech tycoon has revealed that his estate will be split between his six children from relationships and the scores of others whom he fathered through sperm donation. In a wide-ranging interview published Thursday in French political magazine Le Point, 40-year-old Durov revealed that he does not differentiate between his legal children with three different women and those conceived with the sperm he donated. “They are all my children and will all have the...

Author Stephen King compared Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to Nazis, framing them as an “American Gestapo.”King issued his statement about ICE on his Blue Sky account. The acclaimed author also misspelled “gestapo.”“ICE looking more and more like the American Gestpo [sic],” he wrote.

Summary MPs vote to back a bill legalising assisted dying in England and Wales by 23 votes The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will now progress to the House of Lords, where it will face further scrutiny After several hours of emotional debate, MPs were allowed to vote in accordance with their personal beliefs, rather than alongside party lines The bill would allow terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to get medical assistance to end their own lives